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• Manwha 100 Opening Report

  By John Freeman on 29 May 2009 • ( 1 )

  Last week David Baillie was our downthetubes roving reporter lucky enough to be invited to a private view of the new Manwha 100 exhibition in London which, if the name hasn’t already given the game away, celebrates the 100th anniversary… Read More ›

• Anthony Johnston Strips!

  By John Freeman on 28 May 2009

  Concluding adaptation and inspiration month on his Strip! radio show for London’s Resonance FM, Alex Fitch talks to writer and graphic designer Antony Johnston about combining text and image in comics and other media from his illustrated novella Frightening Curves… Read More ›

• Johnston Announces new Comic Comment Site

  By John Freeman on 27 May 2009

  Lying in the Gutters columnist Rich Johnston has posted his final column for Comic Book Resources this week, but he isn’t finished with the industry, because he’s about to launch a whole web site devoted to comics comment. The site,… Read More ›

• 24 Hours of Comics Creation

  By John Freeman on 27 May 2009

  (with thanks to Selina Lock): It’s still ages away but the dates are set for 24 Hour Comics Day in Dublin. This year’s event will take place on 17th – 18th October at the Central Hotel. The event is an… Read More ›

• RedEye Re-Launched

  By John Freeman on 27 May 2009

  

  Barry Renshaw is relaunching his excellent indie comic magazine RedEye

• Matters of Convention: And Then We Bought Some Chairs…

  By Matt Badham on 27 May 2009

  Matthew Badham goes behind the scenes with Oli Smith of London Underground Comics fame about their latest event, LUC 176, which will take place on 27th June 2009. This is the first of a series of interviews with comic convention… Read More ›

• Ellis, Grant in Dundee for Comics Day

  By John Freeman on 26 May 2009

  Warren Ellis and Alan Grant are to headline Comics Day at this year’s Dundee Literary Festival. The pair will give a talk about their careers at the festival on 28 June, which will also include a session devoted to 2000AD,… Read More ›

• The Dangerous Illustrations of Graeme Neil Reid

  By John Freeman on 26 May 2009

  When it was published in June 2006, Con Iggulden’s The Dangerous Book for Boys was a surprise hit. Mixing factual historical stories with information on places, things and “how to” articles, the book appealed to young and old alike. From… Read More ›

• In Review: Giant Clam Comics

  By John Freeman on 26 May 2009

  Back in the 1980s, there was a short-lived British comics fanzine called SCAN, edited by me and designed by Matthew Bingham, who went on to work on proper magazines like FHM, but I’ve lost track of him these days. Its… Read More ›

• Furman Talks Revenge!

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2009

  There’s still a month to go in the UK before Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opens in cinemas here (19th June), but the first part of US publisher IDW’s comic adaptation, written by Transformers supremo Simon Furman, is on sale… Read More ›

• CancerTown Signings Announced

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2009

  Cy Dethan, writer of Insomnia Publications new graphic novel Cancertown, has revealed several signings are planned for the book, which features art by Stephen Downey, colours by Melanie Cook and letters by Nic Wilkinson. The first to be announced are:… Read More ›

• Dan Abnett Video Q&As on YouTube

  By John Freeman on 23 May 2009

  Comics writer Dan Abnett has been having great fun with a series of video question and answer sessions compiled by Adelie High. This one, titles “From Ghostbusters to Triumff” – there are several which include questions about his work on… Read More ›

• In Review: Erotic Comics Volume 2

  By John Freeman on 23 May 2009

  

  Picking up from where the international best-selling Erotic Comics: A Graphic History (Volume 1) left off, Ilex Press released Volume 2 by Tim Pilcher earlier this year, revealing how European, American and Asian artists have explored the possibility of the… Read More ›

• Tony Lee Podcast on SciFiPulse

  By John Freeman on 22 May 2009

  Today’s podcast from Ian Cullen’s cult web site SciFiPulse.net features an exclusive interview with comic writer Tony Lee, who talks about his career and his latest graphic novel, Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Harker, which is being published by Markosia. The book… Read More ›

• Pullman, Rowling part of books "Influential Elite"

  By John Freeman on 22 May 2009

  The DFC comic writer and award-winning author Philip Pullman and fantasy author JK Rowling, creator of Harry Potter, have been listed as two of the UK book trade’s elite, in a definitive list published by The Bookseller magazine. Called The… Read More ›

• Signed Star Trek Klingons Art on eBay

  By John Freeman on 22 May 2009

  One of my ‘day’ jobs is reviewing Star Trek comics for Titan’s Star Trek Magazine – and I was recently thrilled to see US artist JK Woodward’s work grace the latest IDW-published Star Trek: Klingons title. I first came across… Read More ›

• Tales from the Mindverse

  By John Freeman on 21 May 2009

  Comic creator and Temple APA member Paul Eldridge has recently compiled a collection of the strips that he originally created on mobile comic creation service ROK Comics. Tales from my Mindverse contains strips created using the ROK Comics creator tool… Read More ›

• Sherlock Holmes Battles Mr. Hyde!

  By John Freeman on 21 May 2009

  

  Well, not exactly, but nothing would surprise me after seeing the trailer for the Robert Downey Jr. version of the detective… No, this item is a plug for Strip!: Sherlock Holmes vs. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, the latest radio… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Thursday 21 May

  By John Freeman on 21 May 2009

  • ComicBitsOnline is wondering why Britain’s biggest comic publisher has not been nominated for an Eagle Award — and it’s not DC Thomson, Panini or Titan but Cinebooks Ltd., which now publishes some 40 top quality comic albums a year… Read More ›

• Future Shocks Re-Worked for iPhones

  By John Freeman on 20 May 2009 • ( 1 )

  For the first time ever, a selection of Alan Moore’s earliest comic-strip creations Future Shocks from 2000AD are now available globally via the Apple iTunes App Store. Alan cut his teeth writing comics for Marvel UK and on this series… Read More ›

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